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Sydney International: Martina-Sania fight back to edge out Garcia-Mladenovic in final

Sydney: Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza fought back to edge out Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic 1-6, 7-5, 10-5 in the Apia International Sydney final, here on Friday. With this title win, the Indo-Swiss duo extended their winning streak to 30 matches in a row.

Hingis and Mirza, who already went into the match with the longest winning streak since Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova in 1990 - they won 44 in a row - were in for a shock as No.3 seeds Garcia and Mladenovic, won the first set easily by 6-1, while were leading 5-2 in the second when the World No. 1 pair won five consecutive games to make it 1-1.

Finally Mirza-Hingis won the third set to win their 11th WTA doubles titles -- Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and WTA Finals last year, now Brisbane and Sydney this year – together.